Maine woman besieged by hate calls after pro-Trump websites list her number
Source: Bangor Daily News
Thats how Debbie Oram answered her phone Tuesday afternoon and thats how shell continue to answer it as long as she keeps receiving nasty phone calls from Donald Trump supporters. Since Friday, when the news broke that the owner of Turner LP Gas Services of Skowhegan had left a voicemail on his business line saying that he would not deliver fuel to anyone who voted for Trump, she has received more than 100 calls.
Oram has nothing to do with Turner LP Gas Services and isnt interested in telling anyone about her political leanings. The reason for all the calls is that her phone number is one digit different from Turners and has been published incorrectly on multiple websites created by Trump supporters in response to the voicemail.
Id appreciate anything you can do to put it out there so these calls will stop, said Oram, a home health nurse who is out of work because of a knee replacement. I would hate to change my number but thats what Ill have to do if this doesnt stop. Weve had our number for years.
Oram said some of the calls have been polite while others were downright threatening in the very worst sense of the word. There have been threats against her 21-year-old daughter and once, when her 11-year-old son said something in the background, a threat was directed at him. The boy started sleeping with Orams bedroom because he is scared.
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Ms. Toad
(34,074 posts)Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump Dec 18
In case I need it:
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)what sickening response, he really doesn't have a clue all the hatred he unleashed on this country, he still denies the increase of hate crimes.
Initech
(100,079 posts)He opened up a box of hate that won't be closed for a very long time. I think what we are seeing now is going to get way worse before it gets better. And we elected a president who doesn't give a fuck about anything but himself. And that is very frightening.
MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)He isn't stupid. He knows what his supporters do, it's his responsibility as President to know. He LIED on Twitter and said that his supporters weren't violent like HRC supporters. He lies all of the time!
Initech
(100,079 posts)I can't tell you how many Tweets I've read and received accusing us of hate and violence and that they are better. Fuck that shit! I counter with about 100 stories like this that I've seen so many places. Did we tag Adam Yauch Park with swastika grafitti? No. Did we harass the union boss of Carrier and threaten to murder his children? No. Did we get paid by George Soros to do any of this? Where's my check?
littlemissmartypants
(22,691 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)I just want all of this resolved and I dont want any more phone calls. I wish everybody could just get along, personally, but I dont see how that can happen at this point.
that is correct... Trump and his supporters have opened Pandora's Box!!
from Wikipedia:
Pandora's box... a large jar given to Pandora which contained all the evils of the world. Pandora opened the jar and all the evils flew out, leaving only "Hope" inside once she had closed it again.
Today the phrase "to open Pandora's box" means to perform an action that may seem small or innocent, but that turns out to have severely detrimental and far-reaching negative consequences. The action cannot be reversed.
elmac
(4,642 posts)with the help of the Fascist Bureau of Investigation.
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)anyone will do
Paladin
(28,262 posts)Thank God Hillary's email "baggage" was avoided......
Grins
(7,217 posts)Like marriage licenses or wedding cakes for same-sex couples - it would be illegal to deny that service, even if it is his deeply-held-religious-belief.
But I hope he does and gets sued, just to see the Reich-wing defending his right to discriminate. Some my-tee-fine-TV would ensue!